Education Administrator Designee

# Education Administrator Designee Columbus, OH 43229## Overview Salary Range $24.19 - $25.93 Hourly Level Experienced Position  Type Full Time Education Level2 Year Degree

Travel Percentage None## Description In partnership with, or in the absence of the Education Administrator, ensures that the daily operation of the Head Start Center complies with state licensing regulations and federal Head Start Program Performance Standards. Provides a safe and appropriate learning environment for the students. This role is primarily a classroom-based role.
* Serve as the point of contact for assigned center in absence of the Education Administrator.
* Will be responsible for all center operations in the absence of the Education Administrator to ensure compliance with Head Start Performance Standards and all other laws in regulations surrounding childcare licensing.
* Serve as the daily on-site contact for routine questions and immediate needs
* Support opening/closing procedures and monitors classroom staffing ratios
* Communicates urgent concerns to the Education Administrator and escalates issues through the proper chain of communication
* Facilitate communication with families within established guidelines
* Complete a daily environmental checklist to ensure all learning environments are compliant and prepared for children and families
* Will serve as a positive role model and mentor to center teachers/teacher assistants.
* Plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children, including improving the readiness of children for school by developing their literacy, phonemic, and print awareness, their understanding and use of the language, their understanding and use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation for books, their understanding of early math and early sciences, and their problem-solving abilities.
* Implement well-organized learning environments with developmentally appropriate schedules, curriculum lesson plans, and indoor and outdoor learning experiences that provide adequate opportunities for choice, play, exploration, and experimentation among a variety of learning, sensory, and motor experiences and:* + For infants and toddlers, promote relational learning and include individualized and small group activities that integrate appropriate daily routines into a flexible schedule of learning experiences,* + For preschool age children, teacher-directed and child-initiated activities, active and quiet learning activities, and opportunities for individual, small group, and large group learning activities.
* Follow appropriate practices to keep children safe during all activities, including, at a minimum:* + Reporting of suspected or known child abuse and neglect to Franklin County Children Services according to agency procedures and the Ohio Revised Code Section .  + Safe sleep practices, including ensuring that all sleeping arrangements for children under 18 months of age use firm mattresses or cots, as appropriate, and for children under 12 months, soft bedding materials or toys must not be used.  

+ Appropriate indoor and outdoor supervision of children at all times.  + Only releasing children to an authorized adult  + Adhere to all standards of conduct described in Head Start Performance Standards §1302.90(c)
* Systematically and routinely implement hygiene practices that ensure:  + Appropriate toileting, hand washing, and diapering procedures are followed.  + Safe food preparation  + Exposure to blood and body fluids is handled consistently with standards of the Occupational Safety Health Administration.  + Documentation of feeding and diaper changes for Early Head Start children.
* Follow, and practice procedures…